Apparatus for sanding car-tracks



(No Model.)

W. T. BUTLER 8u G. H. HATHAWAY.

APPARATUS FOR SANDING GAR TRACKS.

No. 350,865. Paggi oct. 12, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EETCE.

VAREEN T. BUTLER, OF CHELSEA, AND GEORGE II. lTAIIIAVr/XY, OF BOTO,MASSACHUSETTS.

APPARATUS FOR SANDING CAR-TRACKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,865, dated Octoberl2, 1886.

Application filed Jul)v .'l, ISSG. Seria] No. 207,059.

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, VARREN T. BUTLER, of Chelsea, in the county ofSuffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and GEORGE H. HATHAWIY, ofBoston, in said county and State, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Apparatus for Disc-harging Sand on a Track-Rail from aCaror other Vehicle Moving on the Track, of which the following is aspecilieation.

This invention is an improvement upon that patented to us March 2, 1886,No. 336,891, and relates to means of opening the gate at the lower endof the sandhopper to permit the flow of sand downward, the object of itbeing to provide a system of levers whereby the driver of a car can openthe gate of the sand-hopper by a downward pressure of the foot; and itconsists in the devices and combination of devices described below.

In the patent referred to the devices for opening the gate of thesand-hopper were to be actuated by the driver pressing with his knee. Itwas found that serious objections to such a method existed, as thatfrequent use of the knee for such a movement would cause iniiammation ofthe ligaments and muscles of the knee, and that the system of levers hadtoo many working-joints and consequent loss of power.

In the present invention a vertieally-vibrat ing stud with a movable capon the top of it rises and falls through the floor of the platform onwhich the driver stands, in a place where it is convenient for him toput his foot on the top of the cap without changing his position, thebottom end of the stud resting upon and hinged to the ends of a jointedle ver, supported by and worked on a fulcrum below the platform, whichis supported by a suitable stud affixed on the underside of it. Aportion of this lever, from the vibrating stud to a point beyond thefulcrnm where it is jointed, lies nearly in plane with the floor of theear, and from this point it extends upward at an augleof aboutforty-five degrees to ajoint on the outside of the sand-hopper, near thetop of it, to which itis connected. rIhe sand box and hopper and all theother parts are ident-ical with the same parts described and shown inthe patent above referred to.

(No model.)

In the drawings annexed, Figure I shows a partial side and end view of ahorse-car with the outer shell of the walls removed to show the Sandbox,hopper, lever, and spring. Fig. 2 shows a detached side view of thesand-box, hopper, lever, fulcrum, and vertieally-vibrat ing stud, withthe cap, and their positions relative to the floor of the ear and eachother. Fig. 3 shows a side view ot' the vertically-vibrating stud and avertical section of the cap onit, and devices for regulating the extentof vertical motion of the stud. A

Ve will mark by letters and describe only the parts which constitute orrelate to the present invention.

(t is a movable cap on the top end of the vertically-vibrating stud,upon which the drivers foot will press when he wishes to deliver sand onthe track. Holes through the shell of this cap, corresponding with holesthrough the vertically-vibrating stud, admit a pin by which the heightof the top of the cap above the floor of the platform, and the motioncommunicated to the lever and the gate of the sand-hopper, can beregulated. Vhen the sanding apparatus is not required to be in use, thiscap is lifted off the vertically-vibrating stud and dropped into a holein the floor of the platform made to receive it. Dotted lines show this.

a is a vertically-vibrating stud standing upon and jointed to the outerend of the working-lever below the lloor of the platform ofthe ear, andrising through and above the floor of the platform, over the top end ofwhich the cap a is placed.

at is a vertical supportingstud affixed to the under side ot' the bottomof the ear, and cx tending downward about six to eight inches, having atransverse bolt through the lower end of it, through which, and upon thetransverse bolt, the working-lever is supported and vibrated.

a is a lever of two parts or members jointed together, one part being iua horizontal posi tion below the `floor of the car and the other partstanding at an angle of about ifty degrees, the whole suspended from andsupported b v a stud a'tiixed to and projecting downward from the underside of the iloor ol' the car, through the lower end of which atransverse ICO .bolt serves as a fulcrum for the lever. The forward endof this lever is hinged to and supports vthe vertically-vibrating studa. The elevated end of this jointed lever reaches to and is connectedwith ahinge-joint on the outside of the sand-hopper gate above its fulerum, and near the top of it.

a" is the gate of the sand-hopper, supported by and vibrating upon afulcrum upon the middle of the outer and lower side of it.

a5 is the fulcrum of the gate of the sandhopper. y

c is a spring, which closes the gate of the sand-hopper when thepressure of the drivers foot upon the cap is removed.

It is obvious that when the driver of a car presses with his foot uponthe cap a, 'forcing the stud a downward, the lever a."i will beactuated, and by its motion the gate of the sandhopper will be opened byits forcing the upper end of it inward, while by its vibration on thefulcrum ci the lower end of the gate is thrown outward, rhaking anopening through which the sand falls into the chute which e'oir ducts itto the top of the rail.

We claim as new and our invention` l. In a car-traek-sanding apparatus,in combinatiou, the cap a, the vertically-vibrating stud a', thesupporting-stud a2, and the jointed lever a3, all substantially asdescribed, for the 3o purpose specied.

2. In a car-traclz-anding apparatus, in coinbination, thevertically-vibrating stud a', the supporting-stud a, and the jointedlever a3, all substantially as described7 for the purpose 35 specied.

3. In a cartracksanding apparatus, in combination, an oscillating gatewhich forms one side of a sand-hopper, a lever, a3, a supporting-stud,a2, and a vertically-vibrating stud, a', 4o all substantially asdescribed.

Y VARREN T. BUTLER.

GEORGE H. HATHAVVAY. Witnesses:

S. HENRY HooPER, CHs. HOUGHTON.

